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TO ALL WHOM ITA MAY' CONCERN:

Be it known that I, REtNiIOLD BOEKLEN, o f the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings, and State'of New York, have made certaiuncw and usefulImprovements in Blotters; and I hereby declare thatA the following is afull, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation ofthesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which v i Figure 1 represents a side View of myimproved blotter.

Figure 21`s`a top view of lthevsanie. y

' Figure 3, a vertical section, th'ejplane of vsection being indicatedby the line z a: in fig. 1.

Figure 4 represents a side View of a modification of the same.

Similar lcttersof reference'ind-icate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The nature of this invention' consists, first, in the employment of anelastic o'r pressing bottom to the blottel, whereby the same is allowedto y-ield and coform'itself to the pressure and surface to which it isapplied; second,

`it consists iu the employment ofA slides to work von inclined planes,formed on' -each .end of the blotter-plate,

whereby the appearance and construction of the blotter is improved andsimplified, and the blotting-paper more perfectly drawn tight over theends of the blotter-plate than with those heretofore known or used.

To enablel others skilled in the art to make and use-my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents the blotter-plate or board, to which the blotting-papersare attached, and its top face is provided with a handle or knob, B,wliich'is permanently secured to it.- Each of the ends of this board Aare nished taper'or Wedge-shaped, as shown in gs. 1 and 4, and itscentral portion is eut thin, so as to allow the board to yield orspring, and conform itself to a somewhat curved surface when pressureijs applied on the handle B. The sides of the ends of the wedge-shapedparts of the board are provided with grooves or shoulders, C C,and-metal slides D D, which are fitted over the top of the ends, so asto reach and t into the grooves or over the shoulders-C C, and serve tosecure the blotting-paper to the board, so that, as the blotting-paperis wasted, and sheet after sheet thrown aside, the remaining sheets arereadily secured again by forcing the slides more tightly on the inclinedplane; Instead of making the board A so as to yield or spring, aseparateY ilexible board of rubber or other material, instead of theboard may be used, as shown in fig. 4.

From the foregoing it may-be seen that by means of the flexibleblotter-board, the blotter, when used, will readily yield to the surfaceapplied to, and thereby the whole of the surface of the same is made useof, and by means of the slides D D operating on inclined planes theblotting-paper is more tightly drawn over the ends of' the blotter-boardthan with those made heretofore.

What lclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The employment or use of a exible boa-rd or bottom to the blotter,operated and for the purpose substantially as herein described.

2. The employment of the slides D D, combined with the Wedge-shaped endsof the blotter-board A, operated and for the purpose substantially asherein shown. I

REINHOLD BOEKLEN. Witnesses:

FRED. R. ANDnnso'N, J. W. HAwxHURsT.

